Amendments to Court Forms, New Court Forms and Update to Forms referencing the Monarch
Amendments to Court Forms, New Court Forms and Update to Forms referencing the Monarch
As a result of the Justice and Other Legislation Act 2021 amendments to the Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012, Domestic and Family Violence Protection Rules 2014, and Oaths Act 1867, the following new and amended forms have been approved on 23 June 2023:
- DV01 – Application for Protection Order
- DV01A – Guide to completing an application for a protection order
- DV01C – Aggrieved confidential address form
- DV01D – Special Witness jurat for DV affidavit forms (NEW FORM)
- DV01E – Special Witness statutory declaration and content for DV forms (NEW FORM)
- DV01F – Request to appear remotely in a DV proceeding
- DV04 – Application to Vary Protection Order
- DV04A – Application to Vary Recognised Interstate Order
- DV09 – Application to vary or revoke and intervention order
- DV14A – Application to register New Zealand order in Queensland
- DV16 - Application to vary or revoke the registration of an interstate order
- DV16A - Application to vary or revoke the registration of a New Zealand order
- DV21 – Affidavit of Personal Service
- DV25 – Affidavit
- DV35 - Application for declaration of a DVO to be a recognised interstate order
In addition to the above forms, to reflect the current Monarch, all court forms containing references to “Her Majesty” or “the Queen” were amended to “the King” and “His Majesty”. This includes forms made under the Bail Act 1980 and Penalties and Sentences Act 1992. The following amended forms have been approved on 23 June 2023:
- Form 03 – Recognisance to appear for sentence
- Form 06 – Recognisance – conviction on indictment
- Form 08 – Recognisance – Summary conviction
- Form 07 – Undertaking as to bail
- Form 08 – Notice to defendant
- Form 10 – Undertaking as to bail following grant of bail by Judge of the Supreme or District Court or Court of Appeal
- Form 11 - Affidavit of justification
The above forms were first published on the Queensland Courts website on 25 July 2023.